Improvement in flails



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. THEODORE E. DRAKE, OE GREAT VALLEY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLAILS'.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,216, datedFebruary 8, 1876; application filed January 3, 1876. I

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, THEODORE F, DRAKE,

of Great Valley, Gattaraugus county, New

York, have invented a new and Improved Flail, of which the following is a specifica- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flail, the

beater of which is contrived according to my invention, and Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the beater.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

is the beater, of wood, which is fluted longitudinally, and which is, according to my invention, armed with a wire, B, in the face of each rib (l, and extending the whole length of the beater, saidfwires being secured by fine binding-wires a, wound tightly around and securely fastened at suitable points along the beater between the ends, and at the ends said I wires are'secured by 'metal bands D; but the method offastening the wires may be modified at will, andthe beater may be fluted or not.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- I V The combination of wires B with the beater of a flail, substantially as specified.- I THEODORE F. DRAKE. Witnesses: I y

H. D. DIDGOGK, D. H. PATTERSON. 

